1 February 2010
Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 120 bpm Intro EA / GFE / FE twice
EA
by the keyboard in / sweating room
GFE
thinking of // another / tune
EA
oil rig chopper / going by
GFE
rotor / thrashing up / high EABA, EABBE, AE, AE
the hedgerow dancing / with the breeze
the light warm air / trying to / tease
garden of purple, / yellow, green
grass cut, / raked in / clean
why you come here bird, / why come to me
chattering in an / unknown / key
tilting, thinking, / enquiring here and there
in a dance of / abandoning / care
GFE
oriental / robin / magpie
GFE
mynah / hopping out / there
GFE
the bulbul / non-stop // complaining
GFE / BE
but enjoying the / afternoon / air
the garden in / half sunlight now
the bamboo, the / banana // kow-tow
a hanging fern whispering / to the air
rear hound / barking without / care
the evening horizon / beginning to grey
the garden sun / going // away
I wait for the new / night to appear
bringing a / cold can of / beer
A E A
Oiseau // patio
you hop along, / then you / go
E B
away from / me
just me / here
thinking / why
A E
ooh, ooh, BAE
A E
you come to / me BAE
thinking / why BAE
A E
ooh, ooh, BAE
A E A
oiseau // patio
